Dead body found at Greektown Casino in Detroit; police investigating

DETROIT, MI -- The body of a man has been found on an elevator in Greektown Casio about 8 a.m. Friday, Detroit police confirm.

"We have a body found on the second-floor elevator," said Officer Adam Madera of the Public Information Office. :Whether or not he jumped or not is still up in the air. Everything is preliminary right now. We just received the call at 8 a.m."

Madera believes the elevator was located in the hotel section of the property.

According to WDIV, Channel 4 News, police have shut down Monroe and Antoine streets in the area to investigate.

The last publicly reported death at the casino was the suicide of a woman who jumped from the 13th floor of the parking garage onto Monroe Street in April.